Behind every plank of the platform is a person who asked for it. A guided tour of the policies — and the neighbors who wrote them with us.
Policy papers usually read like they were written by committees, because they were. Ours read like Millerton, Fairview, and the East Side — because that is where each plank was drafted, in church basements and library rooms, with the people who live with the consequences.
Take jobs. A machinist in Dalton told us his shop would hire tomorrow if applicants arrived trained. The apprenticeship guarantee answers exactly that: paid training slots with local employers, coordinated through community colleges, tracked on a public dashboard. First-year goal: five thousand placements.
Care: clinics and capped costs
A nurse in Harlow County described driving patients ninety minutes for prenatal visits. The plan funds a staffed clinic in every county and caps copays on insulin, inhalers, and EpiPens — because no family should ration medicine.
Every line of this platform has a name and a hometown attached. That is what makes it enforceable.
Schools and support complete the picture: full formula funding, starting teacher pay at $58,000, and tuition-free community college.
Read the full plans
Each issue has its own page with costs, timelines, and sources — plus one simple benefits application with a human caseworker attached. Read them, and bring your red pen to the next forum.